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Personal info

Full name
ECK, John Harry
Date of birth
7 January 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Riverside, Burlington County, New Jersey
Hometown
Palmyra, Burlington County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42087368
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Erching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 17 18

Immediate family

Members
William J. Eck Sr. (father)
Lillian M. (Waite) Eck (mother)
Marie M. Eck (sister)
William J. Eck Jr. (brother)
Charles A. Eck (brother)
Walter J. Eck (brother)
Edgar E. Eck (brother)
Robert Eck (brother)

More information

Pfc John H. Eck attended high school for two years and was a clerk before he enlisted in Fort Dix, New Jersey on 9 March 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Teresa Schnetzka Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
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